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Chemistry World December 10, 2012 Paul Nancarrow	A fresh approach Morton Denn, author of Chemical Engineering: An Introduction, has successfully written a modern and concise book on this topic.
Chemistry World December 7, 2012 Ann Dixon	Biochemistry Essentials of Biochemistry by Herbert Fromm and Mark Hargrove, is aimed at undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry students with a specific interest in the subjects of cellular metabolism and enzyme reaction mechanisms.
Chemistry World December 6, 2012 John Hayward	Student inspiration The second edition of Organic Chemistry by Clayden and others, has undergone a substantial overhaul and yet still retains the features that made it quite so attractive to students in the first place.
HBS Working Knowledge December 5, 2012 James Heskett	Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions? Recent books by Nate Silver and Nassim Nicholas Taleb provide insights on how predictions work (or don't), leaving us to wonder, should we use predictions at all when planning for the future?
HBS Working Knowledge December 4, 2012 Austin et al.	Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader invites readers to critique the fictional journey of Jim Barton, the new CEO of a west coast aerospace firm.
CRM December 2012 Judith Aquino	Marketing Without Barriers In his new book, The Fusion Marketing Bible, social media strategist Lon Safko challenges marketers to increase the value of their social, digital, and traditional media campaigns by fusing them in innovative ways.
Chemistry World November 29, 2012 David Bradley	Deceptively graphic Science Tales, by Darryl Cunningham, is a follow-up to Psychiatric Tales and focuses on just eight topics, all deserving of a good debunking.
Chemistry World November 29, 2012 Richard Kidd	Child's play Atoms and Molecules -- a Child's Guide to Chemistry, by Adam Smith, needed live testing from some children.
Chemistry World November 28, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	Science -- art and craft Roald Hoffmann on the Philosophy, Art and Science of Chemistry, edited by Kovac and Weisberg, brings new arguments and should provoke thoughtful self-examination.
Chemistry World November 27, 2012 Michael Gross	Counterintuitive thinking Jim Al-Khalili admits at the outset of his book, Paradox: the Nine Greatest Enigmas in Science, that the enigmas he covers here aren't real paradoxes, they only have appeared illogical or counterintuitive to people before they sat down and thought a bit harder.
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